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50,000 MUSLIMS FROM POOR HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM DUBAI CHARITY ASSOCIATION TO BEGIN 2022 RAMADAN FASTING.

Filed by Abdul Basit Suleiman Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic Lunar Calender and it is one of the sacred month in which fasting was instituted as one of the Pillars of Islam ,as a way for Believers to show their gratitude to Allah and reflect on the teachings of the Quran and its importance. It is the believe of Muslims that Quran was revealed to Prophet Mohammed in the month of Ramadan. Fasting in the month of Ramadan is mandatory to every Muslim who attained the age of puberty and is in good health.  Exemptions are made for the elderly or those in poor health along with women who are in the menstrual cycle, pregnant or nursing baby. The holy month is a time for millions of Muslims all around the world to refresh and strengthen their faith through severe fasting , fervent prayers , pensive meditation, persistent Quran recitations and charity acts .  As Muslims in Ghana joins the rest of Muslims across the globe to undertake a month long Ramadan fasting , An International non
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ASH. GWCL Plants Tree to commemorate 2018 world water day

Filed by Abdul Basit The sustainable development goal 6 has the intention of ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Despite several efforts been made by various governments and international organizations to make sure that people get access to a regular supply of potable water. In Ghana, the issue isn’t different. Several governments have TRIED their best to extend water supplies to various part of the country. In December, 1998, the Community Water and Sanitation Agency was established by an act of parliament (ACT 564) with the mandate to facilitate the provision of safe drinking water and related sanitation services to rural communities and small towns in Ghana. Other institutions established by the government included the Ghana Water Company Limited. This company is responsible for the production and distribution of potable water to the urban population which constitutes about 40 percent of the entire Ghanaian population. Despite th
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*Mpasatia SHS: Student quits school after bursar rapes her* A second year General Arts student at the Mpasatia Senior High School in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti region has been forced to pack out from the school after the school's bursar raped her. Sources say this is not the first time that the bursar,  Alexander Sarpong, popularly known as 'Action' has been caught in amorous affairs with some female students in the school. Our checks indicate authorities at the school have on countless occasions shielded 'Action' from disciplinary sanctions, thereby making him fearless in his heinous sexcapades. A female  student who spoke with this reporter on conditions of strict anonymity said "he tried to forcibly have sex with me when I went to his office to take my clearance forms" and has since been "making sexual advances at me, bragging he has had his way with most of my friends and that he will do everything possible to get at me t
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Filed by Abdul Basit The sustainable development goal 6 has the intention of ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Despite several efforts been made by various governments and international organizations to make sure that people get access to a regular supply of potable water. In Ghana, the issue isn’t different. Several governments have TRIED their best to extend water supplies to various part of the country. In December, 1998, the Community Water and Sanitation Agency was established by an act of parliament (ACT 564) with the mandate to facilitate the provision of safe drinking water and related sanitation services to rural communities and small towns in Ghana. Other institutions established by the government included the Ghana Water Company Limited. This company is responsible for the production and distribution of potable water to the urban population which constitutes about 40 percent of the entire Ghanaian population. Despite th
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The rate of deforestation in Ghana is estimated to be one of the highest in the world after Togo and Nigeria .At an estimated annual rate of 2% ,equivalent to 135,000 hectares per annum. The Green west Africa country is estimated to have lost over 60% of its forest cover from 1950 to date,which translates to about 2.7 million hectares of forest depleted . According to the Ghana REDD+ strategy reviewed document Prepared by the National REDD+ Secretariat of Ghana  forwarded and released by the Forestry commission of Ghana in 2017,the main drivers of deforestation and degradation in the country are farming,both legal and illegal mining ,illegal lumbering ,wildfires ,fuel wood harvesting and infrastructural development while weak law enforcement coupled with corruption,population growth and development also form part of indirect causes. Ghana’s forest Land is demarcated into three main ecological zones which are High Forest Zone,Transitional Zone and Savannah zone.The High Forest Zon
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TURN KUMASI ZOO TO TRANSPORT YARD The 2nd Vice Chairman for Suame Constituency of New Patriotic Party (NPP),  Richard  Asante,  has reiterated the need for the Kumasi Zoological Garden to be relocated to give a facelift to Kumasi. According to him, the current  location could be used as transport yard since no provision was made under the Kejetia project. Speaking to the media after the inauguration of the Suame Municipal Assembly (SMA) yesterday,  Mr Asante said to restore the past glory of Kumasi,  authorities should put in place measures to bring down vehicular traffic within the city. He disclosed that due to unavailability of parking places,  both private and commercial drivers park their vehicles at unauthorized places which stiffen traffic in the city. According to him,  when parking places are provided it will motivate the police to enforce the road traffic regulations to ensure discipline on the roads. He noted that the current location of the zoo can be used to ac
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OTUMFUO EXTOLS FREE SHS IN SOUTH AFRICA ...As he addresses 61st Anniversary of Ghana's Independence The Asantehene has extolled the significance of the Free Senior High School as a key policy towards poverty eradication in Ghana. The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has therefore reiterated his desire to see the development of education on the African Continent in order to help bridge the gap wealth and poverty. According to the powerful King of the Asante Kingdom, education is the only thing "that draws fine line between wealth, development and progress on one side and poverty and retrogression on the other hand" The Asantehene said it was in line with this objective that in 1999, he led the Asante Kingdom to launch and establish the Otumfuo Education Fund to support needy across all regions, an initiative which has benefited thousands of children from secondary through to tertiary levels. Addressing Ghana's 61st Independence Anniversary celebrati
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